Issue - meetings

New Proposals for Supporting Members' ICT

Additional documents:

Decision:

That (A) the policy detailed in the report now submitted requiring Members to access ICT systems using their own equipment with effect from May 2015, be approved;

(B) the ownership of existing laptops be transferred to re-elected Members that wish to continue using them from May 2015 onwards;

(C) Members who are not elected in May 2015 return their laptops to provide a stock of equipment to be transferred to new Members should they wish to use them;

(D) the new arrangements for supporting Members set out in section 4 of this report be approved;

(E) the new Members’ ICT support arrangements referred to in (D) above be put in place prior to May 2015 for those Members who wish to pilot such arrangements; and

(F) the new ICT Support Arrangements be formally reviewed post May 2015 to a timeframe to be agreed with the Executive Member for Economic Development.

Minutes:

The Executive Member for Economic Development submitted a report proposing a new policy for supporting Members’ use of ICT and new support arrangements.

The Executive noted that the proposed new policy would take effect in May 2015, and would provide more flexibility, as detailed in the report submitted. The new support arrangements would be put in place as soon as possible following the forthcoming restructuring of the ICT service.

Councillor J Ranger expressed concern over the recycling of old laptops for new Members in 2015. The Executive Member for Community and Partnership Liaison referred to such arrangements working well with Members in Stevenage.

The Executive approved the proposals as now detailed.

RESOLVED - that (A) the policy detailed in the report now submitted requiring Members to access ICT systems using their own equipment with effect from May 2015, be approved;